Oasis bustles with school-aged children in the afternoons after school and in the mornings for the littlest guests who don't yet go to school. However, usually Saturday mornings when the Oasis opens, things are a bit quieter. Only the most studious students come first thing in the morning on a Saturday, when most would choose to …
Pedro News 3 – January
Some days are harder than others to remember that I love my job. I help do crucial work for gardens around the country transporting people and plants. Sometimes I am carrying seeds. Sometimes little plants. Sometimes soil. My favourite is when I get to carry people to the gardens or give lifts into the countryside so …
Preparing for Another Milestone
In November 2025 the NGO celebrated 50 years serving in Djibouti and now, in March 2026, the celebrations are for the 20 years of the Oasis library in Tadjourah! The celebrations will take place in late March after Ramadan. (Keep an eye out for that blog!) But before one can celebrate, there must be preparations. …
EELC Reborn (Again)
The school in Ali Sabieh closed in February 2025 when the volunteer librarian and teacher had to leave. Since then, we have been waiting and hoping for more teachers and another opportunity to reopen. Finally, a new opportunity has presented itself, although this is back in the capital city. Closing EELC's home in Ali Sabieh …
50 years old and still going strong!
Celebrating milestones in one's life is always important. But once you are an adult, birthdays often slip by with little or no notice, unless it is a big year. For example, 50 is a big milestone. Half a century! A lot of life can pass in that time and a lot of changes. In 1977 …
Pedro News 2
Pedro, the team vehicle, is a loved and valued member of the team and has much to share with us after an active life of 20+ years. While, thankfully, it is still running, it is beginning to show its age. This segment of the blog is intended to be a light-hearted story from the car’s …
Pedro News 1
Pedro, the team vehicle, is a loved and valued member of the team and has much to share with us after an active life of 20+ years. While, thankfully, it is still running, it is beginning to show its age. This segment of the blog is intended to be a light-hearted story from the car's …
New Toys and Donations
The programmes provided at Oasis Tadjourah and Oasis Balbala depend on donations from very generous people. The teachers and workers are immensely grateful for such donations because the generosity allows the work to continue and the programmes to open their doors to the children and community members. All kinds of different donations are made and …
September: A Month of Restarts
As summer draws to a close, travellers return home. Schools reopen. Regular rhythms restart. And so it is, also, with MMR projects. Oasis Tadjourah was the first to reopen, as it is closed for only two months. Thanks to the amazing local staff, Oasis reopens every year at the beginning of September. This year, the …
Oasis Balbala – A library for experiential learning
End of Year Report - June 2025 History and Description Oasis Balbala Library was founded in autumn 2023 and has been open since March 2024. It is located in the Balbala suburbs of Djibouti City and is patterned on the long-established Tadjoura Library. Balbala parents tend to have many children but have low incomes so …
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